2018 Green Bay Blizzard season

The 2018 Green Bay Blizzard season was the team's sixteenth season as a professional indoor football franchise and ninth in the Indoor Football League (IFL). The Blizzard were one of six teams that competed in the IFL for the 2018 season.

2018 Green Bay Blizzard season
OwnerLarry Treankler
Kathy Treankler
Head coachChris Williams (fired March 29)
Corey Roberson (interim)
Home fieldResch Center
1901 South Oneida Street
Green Bay, Wisconsin 54304
Results
Record2–12
League place6th
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The Blizzard played their home games at the Resch Center in the Green Bay suburb of Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin. For the first five games, the team was coached by Chris Williams in his third season with the team. Williams was fired March 29 after going 0–5. Special teams and defensive coach Corey Roberson took over as the interim head coach.[1]

Standings
2018 Indoor Football League
W L PCT PF PA GB STK
y-Iowa Barnstormers 113.786648493—W1
x-Arizona Rattlers 113.786746567—W1
x-Sioux Falls Storm 113.786724577—W5
x-Nebraska Danger 410.2865255927L9
Cedar Rapids Titans 311.2145437338L1
Green Bay Blizzard 212.1434216459L4

y - clinched regular season title

x - clinched playoff spot

Schedule

Key:   Win   Tie   Loss   Bye

Regular season

All start times are local[2]

Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location Attendance
Score Record
1 Sunday February 25 3:05pm Iowa Barnstormers L 20–41[3] 0–1 Resch Center 5,158[4]
2 Friday March 2 7:05pm at Cedar Rapids Titans L 39–47[5] 0–2 U.S. Cellular Center
3 Sunday March 11 3:00pm at Nebraska Danger L 23–59 0–3 Eihusen Arena
4 Sunday March 18 5:05pm at Arizona Rattlers L 31–37 0–4 Talking Stick Resort Arena
5 Saturday March 24 7:05pm Sioux Falls Storm L 23–39 0–5 Resch Center 5,356[4]
6 BYE
7 BYE
8 Sunday April 15 3:05pm Cedar Rapids Titans Indefinitely postponed[lower-alpha 1] Resch Center —
9 Saturday April 21 8:05pm at Arizona Rattlers L 33–65 0–6 Talking Stick Resort Arena 13,825[4]
10 Saturday April 28 7:05pm at Iowa Barnstormers L 25–46 0–7 Wells Fargo Arena 5,921[4]
11 Saturday May 5 7:05pm Nebraska Danger W 47–25 1–7 Resch Center
12 Saturday May 12 7:05pm Arizona Rattlers L 26–62 1–8 Resch Center
13 Friday May 18 7:00pm at Nebraska Danger W 31–20 2–8 Eihusen Arena
14 Friday May 25 7:05pm at Iowa Barnstormers L 14–41 2–9 Wells Fargo Arena
15 Friday June 1 7:05pm Sioux Falls Storm L 21–60 2–10 Resch Center
16 Saturday June 9 7:05pm Cedar Rapids Titans L 27–34 2–11 Resch Center
17 Saturday June 16 7:05pm at Sioux Falls Storm L 61–69 OT 2–12 Denny Sanford Premier Center
  1. Due to a severe blizzard, the game was postponed but not rescheduled[6]

Roster

Green Bay Blizzard roster
Quarterbacks
  • 14 Bryan Hicks
  • 13 Tyler Johnson

Running backs

  • 34 Robert Metz

Wide receivers

  •  1 Jereme Jones
  • -- Tim Lukas
  •  5 Chris Malott
  • 12 Andre McDonald
  • 16 Kezlow Smith
 Offensive linemen
  • 56 Xavier Dampeer
  • 77 Khalil Hunter
  • 69 D'Mon Tucker
  • 79 Donovan Williams

Defensive linemen

 Linebackers
  • 14 Broderick Fordham
  • 22 Akim Francis

Defensive backs

  •  2 Manny Asprila
  •  8 Jeff Hall
  •  3 B. J. Hill
  • 21 Josh Jenkins
  •  6 Darrius Sims
  • 24 Robert Taylor

Special teams

  • 18 Jordan Endries
 Reserve lists
  • 10 Levi Copelin WR (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 55 Sean Daniels DL (Exempt)
  •  7 Josh Francis LB (Did not report)
  • 94 Jimmy Jean DL (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  •  4 Tyler Williams DB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 77 Kenneth Woodget OL (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • Rookies in italics
  • Roster updated March 3, 2018
  • 26 active, 6 inactive
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References
  1. "Green Bay Names Interim Head Coach". IFL. April 3, 2018.
  2. "Schedule". Green Bay Blizzard. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  3. Fox 11 Sports (February 25, 2018). "Blizzard drop season opener 41-20". WLUK-TV. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  4. "2018 Stats". GoIFL.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  5. Douglas, Miles (March 2, 2018). "Jake Medlock, Cedar Rapids Titans topple Green Bay, 47-39". The Gazette. Retrieved March 3, 2018.
  6. "Green Bay Blizzard Game Indefinitely Postponed". IFL. April 17, 2018. Archived from the original on May 1, 2018. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
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